Consumer Education Foundation
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The Consumer Education Foundation was formed to promote healthy eating, and to help people improve what they eat, how much they eat, and how much they enjoy food. Established as a charitable fund in 1999, it was awarded the status of a tax-deductible foundation in 2005 under its registered name, the Wansink Consumer Education Foundation. Its mission is focused on food-related education, and it helps educate people to be better consumers by supporting a number of types of projects. The Foundation sponsors and administers the National Science Fair Awards http://www.mindlesseating.org/science_fair.htm, a Consumer Camp http://www.mindlesseating.org/consumer_camp.htm in conjunction with the Cornell University
Food and Brand Lab
, and the Small Plate Movement.
projects aimed at helping people make healthier food choices and develop healthier eating habits.http://www.mindlesseating.org/science_fair.htm These awards are typically in the range of $25–75 and tend to be related to a science fair
or to a nutrition-related school project in either the United States or in Canada. The priority is on creative, novel ideas. Students who are from small public schools or from rural areas are especially encouraged to apply. Applications are evaluated on a continuous basis.http://www.mindlesseating.org/science_fair.htm
The Foundation also sponsors Consumer Camp on the campus of Cornell University
during one of the first two weekends in April. This provides a full-day “on-hands” opportunity for people of all ages to learn how to improve what they eat, how much they eat, and how much they enjoy food.
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
Food and Brand Lab
Food and Brand Lab
The Food and Brand Lab is a non-profit research facility at Cornell University which focuses on why people buy and eat the foods they do in the quantities they do...
, and the Small Plate Movement.
Science Fair Awards
The Foundation issues certificates along with all expense-related awards to elementary and secondary students who are conducting school-based or 4-H4-H
4-H in the United States is a youth organization administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture , with the mission of "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development." The name represents...
projects aimed at helping people make healthier food choices and develop healthier eating habits.http://www.mindlesseating.org/science_fair.htm These awards are typically in the range of $25–75 and tend to be related to a science fair
Science fair
A science fair is generally a competition where contestants present their science project results in the form of a report, display board, and models that they have created. Science fairs allow students in grade schools and high schools to compete in science and/or technology activities...
or to a nutrition-related school project in either the United States or in Canada. The priority is on creative, novel ideas. Students who are from small public schools or from rural areas are especially encouraged to apply. Applications are evaluated on a continuous basis.http://www.mindlesseating.org/science_fair.htm
Consumer Camp
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
during one of the first two weekends in April. This provides a full-day “on-hands” opportunity for people of all ages to learn how to improve what they eat, how much they eat, and how much they enjoy food.